Le Front populaire et le problème des prestations en AOF.

N. Bernard-Duquenet—The Front Populaire Government and the Problem of Compulsory Labour in French West Africa. The Front populaire declaration of policy was only marginally concerned with colonial problems, and chiefly with those of Indochina and North Africa. Nevertheless the Socialist Colonial Secretary, Marius Moutet appointed as Governor General in Dakar Marcel de Coppet, an administrator well known for his liberal views. Coppet set himself to the task of enforcing the application in West Africa of the international rules prohibiting forced labour. He failed, mainly due to the opposition of vested interests, but also for lack of personnel and financial means to carry out his policies.Bernard-Duquenet Nicole. Le Front populaire et le problème des prestations en AOF.. In: Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 16, n°61-62, 1976. Histoire africaine : constatations, contestations. pp. 159-172